Israeli embargo makes maintenance of electric wheelchairs difficult in Palestinian enclave. Al Jazeera Last Modified: 18 Oct 2010 The Gaza Strip has around 16,000 registered wheelchair users or one per cent of its population. And aid delivery is the only way for electric wheelchairs to come in. But it is not enough, and the Israeli [...]
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1st Gaza mall attracts thousands
Despite siege, new shopping center in Strip opened its doors last Saturday to enthusiastic crowds, offering international brands, much-needed air-conditioning. Mall’s manager promises affordable prices tailored for local residents Ali Waked Ynetnews - 20 July 2010 While Hamas continues to demand a full lifting of the blockade, the Gaza market seems to be doing alright. Gaza [...]
New Egyptian Harbor To Tighten Gaza Siege
by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies - 15 January 2010 Egypt announced its intention to build a harbor along its sea border with the Gaza Strip in order to be used by Egyptian navy patrols to monitor the Egyptian side of the Rafah shore. The harbor dock would be 10 meters deep and extends for [...]
Activists reject Egypt’s Gaza offer
Al Jazeera and agencies - 30 December 2009 Members of an international group gathered in Cairo to protest against the siege of Gaza have rejected an Egyptian offer to allow 100 of them entry into the Palestinian territory. Organisers of the Gaza Freedom March (GFM), which is comprised of 1,300 people from 42 different countries, declined [...]
Gaza’s border must be opened NOW
Pam Rasmussen The Electronic Intifada – 29 December 2009 This time is clearly different. I have traveled to Gaza twice this year, in groups ranging from 40 to 60 persons, and although there was a lot of behind-the-scenes work involved in “greasing the wheels” with the Egyptian authorities, we pretty much sailed in. CODEPINK (the [...]
Gaza students stuck in Strip
Palestinians say hundreds of scholarship recipients unable to leave due to Israeli siege Yaheli Moran Zelikovich Ynet News 21 October 2009 With the 2009-2010 academic year under way, 838 Palestinian university students are still waiting for the authorization that will enable them to leave the Gaza Strip in favor of overseas universities.
Israel tightens Jerusalem ‘siege’
Ma’an News – 7 October 2009 Jerusalem – Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Old City are describing it as a community “under siege” as Israeli forces continue to operate in large numbers fearing renewed demonstrations. Restrictions in the city were so severe Wednesday that children were prevented from reaching schools in the Old City.
International Movements Breaking the Siege on Gaza (see Norm Finkelstein .. highlighted)
by Suzanne Morrison Published on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 by CommonDreams.org Since June 2007 the Israeli government has imposed almost complete closure over the Gaza Strip. The siege prevents nearly all movement of people or goods to and from the coastal region with only minimal amounts of humanitarian provisions inconsistently allowed in. With the exception [...]
Under Pressure in the Gaza Strip — Thoughts on Manhood From the Rafah Tunnel
By EMILY RATNER Emily Ratner is an organizer and mediamaker based in New Orleans. She is currently traveling in Gaza with a delegation of journalists, organizers and human rights workers from the US South.She can be reached at emily@nolahumanrights.org and www.patoisfilmfest.org CounterPunch June 26-28, 2009 Rafah. Today I went to the tunnels in [...]
Siege-breaking Gaza voyage delayed
Ma’an/Agencies – Date: 25 / 06 / 2009 Time: 09:50 Bethlehem – A team of international rights advocates who had planned to set sail to Gaza postponed their journey on Thursday after Cypriot authorities did not give them permission to leave.
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